Kim Il Sung -
dictator's playbook

Witness Kim Il Sung's transformation from guerrilla fighter to brutal dictator of North Korea. How did he build the most controlled society on earth and launch a dictatorship that has lasted for three generations?

Episode Duration: 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 101

About Dictator's Playbook:

Learn how six dictators, from Mussolini to Saddam Hussein, shaped the world.

How did they seize and lose power? What forces were against them? Learn the answers in these six immersive hours, each a revealing portrait of brutality and power.

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